OldNick

what a surprise. Labour are welcome to that disgusting excuse of a human being. If women take any notice of him they should be ashamed of themselves

What's the problem? If people want private schools and private care , that in theory can make room for others in the NHS, of course we don't want the NHS downgraded but if they run alongside each other that is good

when Labour came to power, Blair and Brown took the BoE powers away and let the banks self regulate. That led to the mess we are in. it was great for a while as loads of money came into the Exchequor and Labour could spend. They were like Crack Whores on it and couldnt go cold turkey. A few on S4E mentioned at the time it was madness, that people who could not put £1 down on a house could borrow 100% and more and it would end in tears. The crash came and we werre left in a worse position than most countries in the world. Yes there were other factors but Blair and co took the cork out of the bottle

What is the big deal about her? I don't get all the worship. She made her money with the nations support and then move off to tax exile

Most of these people fleeing seem to young men, there are women and children amongst them but the massive majority are men. Have they abandoned their families and run off to Europe. I assume as they are integrated into Europe they will be allowed to bring countless more of their families across to join them.

Mane is going to. E one of the best players in the PL next season. Once Koeman has used his skill moulding him and utilising his skill and pace he is going to be one hell of an exciting player

Ings has t scored for 9 games but we have loads shouting for him to join us. Pelle is not Lambert, but I doubt Lambert would have scored many with the players around him. When he played at the top he did not win many in the air.It was his quick brain and ground play that stood out

To let him go without being upset is a major challenge. I hope he is so successful here he won't want to leave, but that is just not reality.

if they had to do a revaluation of all homes, it is the only way to find out which hit the 2m level it will hit the poor as well as the wealthier. In 2005 they did a revaluation in Wales, four times as many homes when up a band than down. That hit the poor as well as they rich. They will not be able to just magic up who has those homes. Imagine also the cost to this??????

no it didnt, but people with houses far more valuable houses pay a decent whack when they buy. They pay higher rates of stamp duty and so already pay more than the average. A mansion tax would be payable every year. I suspect in time the tax will be factored in in the price.This is a regressive tax, 20 years ago 100k would have got you a lot, 30years ago 60k would have got you a detached house in the new Forest and 35 years ago 30k would have bought you a 1930's house in a nice estate. Had this idea been 0put into place in those periods we would all now be paying the mansion tax. Be careful what you wish for, as it will effect rentals as well as homeowners in some way of other as time goes on.

the stamp duty is a one off pay out, not every year. Forget not the stamp duty on the high priced house is higher, it was galling when I had to pay 40k some years back. All for nothing as far as i was concerned.

Which Phillips are you talking about ? I have just looked them up, that is not the Phillips that i was thinking of, but Phillips son and Neale who were swallowed up by Bonhams. The one you are talking about ,you can put as much tax on them as you like as they seem to be selling contemporary art. Emperors new clothes as far as im concerned, but it is all down to personal taste

there shouldnt be any duty on items that have already had tax paid on. Phillips are no longer going as Bonhams took them over. I think that going to football is a luxury and so 20% extra tax should be applied to that, or why not motor racing?

the only cheap way of doing this will be to put the tax on the highest brackets in the council tax bands. The 2m thing IMo is a smokescreen to not spook people. To assess every property in the country will cost far more than it will raise. I have asked the question on here, in fact i have asked a few questions on here regarding 'what is the broadest shoulders?' when Ed mentions them paying more and also what now constitutes poverty? Not of the Labour biased posters on here have been able to answer but just brush it off with 'yawn'

Oh no, that is sad. I was very pleased a few weeks back when a colleague told me that Dave sometimes went to an auction at Minstead. I asked him to get Dave to come and visit me at my business to meet up again after a few years. His stories about Shankley etc were so entertaining RIP Dave a really modest man

I notice Ed was going on about the mansion tax this morning. Has anyone asked him how the exchequer knows which houses are in the £2m price bracket? I assume all houses will have to be valued. The Chartered surveyors will love drawing the money in for that. i expect it will cost as much to find the houses worth than it will draw in.

I know you're not Turkish....people like Turkish

Lol

I assume it would help when certain posters seem to gang up to support a point but it is the same person all the time.

There is a thread about Ings on here, he seems to be the player a lot of people on here think is the answer. 800 minutes without scoring and counting lol. Remember how Pelle was rated when he was at that level without scoring. too many on here think that being a centre forward is easygoing, especially when he is isolated so much. The opposition have worked out that is you put a couple of defenders on him our game is nullified. Playing up front is not like it is in the park where you can score for fun

so what construes the shoulders of the rich and also poverty?

Lord Janner not prosecuted as not in the publics interest! No wonder conspiracy theories flourish. The poor kids who were maltreated yet again do not get justice

yep yawn, I understand your position as you are in the public sector and the loosening of strings by Labour will see more money wasted. Iam sure if I was in the comfort of index linked pensions etc I would be left orientated. Have you seen the price of fuel jump already due to sterlings weakness as the political uncertainty takes its hold? Like it or not people with real wealth controls our destiny, most of it is in foreign hands and they will move their money elsewhere if it looks like the government is not sympathetic to business. I have seen many governments and all cost me more money each time,my position is not from selfishness but i wish for the nation to be able to pay its way and then be more than able to look after the weak. My view is that a Labour government as well meaning as they look , are not good for the nation as a whole. All politicians treat it as a game, they are all intent on power and influence there are few who really are passionate about doing the right thi for us all. Say anything to get power and bugger the consequences. While we are at it, can you or any of the other Labour supporters please tell me what Ed means when he says Rich and Poverty ? Ed mentions the people with the broadest shoulders, but will that mean people earning 20k, 30k 50k or 1m a year? I read that ANYONE in the UK are in the IIRC 1% of the wealthiest people in the world. Therefore what contrues poverty? When i was a kid it was kids without shoes no roof over their head and starving. Is it now no Sky or washing machine?

If people think that Labour will make your lives better you will be disappointed. Just watch living standards drop as the money flows out of the country and the pound plummets. The cost of anything that is imported will go up, costing everybody more. Having Balls in charge of the economy lol. Foreign investors will leave and the impression people will have the impression they are not welcome. You only have to look across the channel to see what can happen

my brother did so as well